Argon Induces Protective Effects in Cardiomyocytes during the Second Window of Preconditioning.

Increasing evidence indicates that argon has organoprotective properties. So far, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Therefore, we investigated the effect of argon preconditioning in cardiomyocytes within the first and second window of preconditioning.

Local structure of a phase-separating binary mixture in a mesoporous glass matrix studied by small-angle neutron scattering.

The mesoscopic structure of the binary system isobutyric acid + heavy water (D(2)O) confined in a porous glass (controlled-pore silica glass, mean pore width ca. 10 nm) was studied by small-angle neutron scattering at off-critical compositions in a temperature range above and below the upper critical solution point. The scattering data were analyzed in terms of a structure factor model similar to that proposed by Formisano and Teixeira [Eur.

Phase behavior and local structure of a binary mixture in pores: mean-field lattice model calculations for analyzing neutron scattering data.

We investigate the phase behavior of an asymmetric binary liquid A-W mixture confined between two planar homogenous substrates (slit pore). Molecules of species W interact preferentially with the solid walls via a long-range potential. Assuming nearest-neighbor attractions between the liquid molecules, we employ a lattice-gas model and a mean-field approximation for the grand potential.

De-mixing dynamics of a binary liquid system in a controlled-pore glass. A neutron spin-echo spectroscopy and small angle neutron scattering study.

The temperature-induced microphase separation of the binary liquid system iso-butyric acid+heavy water (iBA + D(2)O) in a mesoporous silica glass (CPG-10-75) of nominal pore width 7.5 nm was investigated by neutron spin-echo spectroscopy (NSE) and neutron small-angle scattering (SANS). Two mixtures of different composition were studied at different scattering angles at temperatures above and below the bulk phase transition temperature.

Acute Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury in a Baseball Pitcher.

A group of experts discussed a case from the American Sports Medicine Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. This case conference is part of a series featuring a variety of sports medicine topics.